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Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215; and
Department of Pathology, Boston University Medical Center Hospital, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118
Neutrophil infiltration of the colonic mucosa is a hallmark of Clostridium difficile toxin A-mediated enterocolitis. Macrophage-inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) is a potent neutrophil chemoattractant secreted by rat macrophages and epithelial cells in response to inflammatory stimuli. In this work, we report that administration of toxin A into rat ileal loops increased mucosal levels of MIP-2 before the onset of fluid secretion and mucosal neutrophil infiltration. Administration of rabbit anti-MIP-2 IgG, but not control IgG, reduced toxin A-mediated secretion (by 58%), mucosal permeability (by 80%), and myeloperoxidase activity (by 85%). Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated increased MIP-2 expression in intestinal epithelial and lamina propria cells 1 h after toxin A administration. Intestinal epithelial cells purified from toxin A-exposed ileal loops also showed increased MIP-2 mRNA expression and MIP-2 protein release that was inhibited by pretreatment of rats with the transcriptional inhibitor actinomycin D. These results indicate that C. difficile toxin A induces MIP-2 release from intestinal epithelial cells and that MIP-2 contributes to neutrophil mucosal influx during toxin A enteritis.
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